"I was a fresher in 1980 and, looking back now, it’s hard to appreciate the wealth of live music we were offered because at the time I took it completely for granted that you could see bands like Echo and the Bunnymen, Tenpole Tudor, Aswad and U2 in the space of a few weeks.
Paul got in touch after we did a call-out for U2 memories on behalf of the band's researchers. I enjoyed putting this together no matter how sad or nerdy it may seem, but then it was lockdown, and I am retired." "If you can add any detail to the list then please do, I’d like to fill in the gaps. We came up with a list that may or may not be entirely accurate, but hopefully it’s close." Early on I found that a complete list didn’t exist in one place on the internet, so it took a fair bit of research, using my memories, the internet, and picking the brains, and diaries of my wife Jacky and friends who were at Exeter with me. This led me, during lockdown in March 2021 to start compiling a list of the bands that had been to Exeter while I was there from September 1976 to June 1980. "Sometime in the brief interlude between lockdowns, I was in a pub with two friends discussing bands we’d seen, as you do, and I commented that we’d had many good bands at the University of Exeter. To assist the alumni team in the development of a historical university concert listing, I have delved into my memories of music and gigs at Exeter during my time there aided by my wife, friends, faded memories, and sometimes diaries! I then started a PGCE at Exeter through to 1980 but abandoned this early after deciding teaching wasn’t for me, subsequently having a career in I.T. "My name is Alan Cottee, I studied Geography at Exeter between September 1976 and July 1979. Here's a little from Alan about why he started the list. We'd also love to add any of your concert memories to this page. If you have anything to add or comments to make, then please contact us on and we will update the list. Thanks to their memories and diaries from the late seventies and early eighties we have begun a list. Now, thanks to alumni Alan Cottee (Geography, 1979) and Paul O'Carroll (English, History and Sociology, 1983), we are starting to build one. While people reminisce about the gigs they attended and bands they saw, we've never had a concert list before. Over the years we have been lucky enough to hosts bands such as The Who, Pink Floyd, U2, Radiohead and Bob Marley. Home Alumni and supporters Memories Exeter Gigs Gigs at Exeter Exeter Gigsįor many Exeter alumni, the bands they saw in the Great Hall, The Pit or the Lemmy provide some of the greatest university memories.
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